Maxwell – Now
Label: |
Columbia – 19439900821 |
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Format: |
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Country: |
Europe |
Released: |
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Genre: |
Funk / Soul |
Style: |
Neo Soul |
Tracklist
| A1 | Get To Know Ya | |
| A2 | Lifetime | |
| A3 | W/As My Girl | |
| A4 | Changed | |
| A5 | Noone | |
| A6 | For Lovers Only | |
| B1 | Temporary Nite | |
| B2 | Silently | |
| B3 | Symptom Unknown | |
| B4 | This Woman's Work | |
| B5 | Now/At The Party |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Columbia Records
- Copyright © – Columbia Records
- Distributed By – Sony Music Entertainment
- Produced At – Bowery Digital
- Produced At – Cottonbelly Studios
- Recorded At – The Hit Factory
- Recorded At – The Village Recorder
- Recorded At – Sarm West Studios
- Recorded At – Sear Sound
- Recorded At – Chung King Studios
- Recorded At – Cottonbelly Studios
- Recorded At – Bowery Digital
- Mastered At – Sterling Sound
Credits
- A&R – Mitchell Cohen
- Arranged By [Horn arrangements on various but not all songs] – Stuart Matthewman
- Arranged By [String and harp arrangement] – David Blumberg (tracks: A1)
- Art Direction – Warren Corbitt
- Art Direction [Special cover art direction] – Pepper (29)
- Bass – Stuart Matthewman
- Co-producer – Stuart Matthewman
- Design – One9ine
- Drum Programming – Stuart Matthewman
- Drum Programming [Live Drum Kit Programmer] – James "Magoo" McGregor*
- Drum [Live Drum] – Michael Bland
- Editor – Mark Fellows
- Engineer – Tony Maserati
- Engineer [Assistant] – Steve Conover
- Guitar – Stuart Matthewman
- Keyboards – Stuart Matthewman
- Liner Notes [Booklet] – Nelson George
- Mastered By – Tom Coyne
- Pedal Steel Guitar – Bruce Bouton
- Percussion – Bashiri Johnson
- Photography By – Eric Johnson (15)
- Saxophone – Andre Roberson
- Saxophone, Banjo, Autoharp, Clarinet, Mellotron – Stuart Matthewman
- Trombone – Clark Gayton
- Trumpet – Steven Bernstein
- Voice – Maxwell
- Written-By [Co-writes] – Stuart Matthewman
- Written-By, Producer – Musze
Notes
2021 Record Store Day "RSD Black Friday First" release, limited to 4,600 copies on "root beer brown" vinyl.
Printed inner sleeve and 12-page booklet.
Made in the E.U.
Printed inner sleeve and 12-page booklet.
Made in the E.U.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Text): 1 9439-90082-1 8
- Barcode (Scanned): 0194399008218
Other Versions (5 of 26)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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Now (LP, Album) | Columbia | C 67136 | US | 2001 | ||
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Recently Edited
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Now (CD, Album) | Columbia | 497454 2, COL 497454 2 | Europe | 2001 | ||
| Now (CD, Album) | Columbia | CK 67136 | US | 2001 | |||
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Now (LP, Album) | Columbia | 497454 1 | Europe | 2001 | ||
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New Submission
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Now (CD, Album) | Columbia | CK 67136 | Canada | 2001 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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I'm completely opposite from the reviews here. Sound is significantly worse than the CD or streaming. Very very quiet, and lets all the surface noise break through the music. Played it one a year ago and have not touched it since. -
Edited one year agoSo this is my 3rd review on a Maxwell LP on here & no surprise that THIS LP turns out to be a great purchase too!
As it turns out even though this LP is cheaper than the other two the sound quality is still good due to;low surface noise,a totally flat pressing(both sides),beautiful just beautiful looking vinyl with the Root beer marble effect - truly STUNNING for the price. Speaking of price this was less than £21 at the time of purchase for me,with the limited edition single disc LP you get,a 12pg booklet that has a new essay & unseen photos of this fantastic vocalist + the RSD promotion sticker top left.
Sound quality is spot on with all three frequencies very well balanced so you`re hearing what your turntable system is really reproducing. Maxwell`s vocals are wonderful along with the accompanying musicians,funky neo soul accompaniment.
It did only come in a cheap card/paper printed inner sleeve(forgivable for the price paid)but once it was wet vacuumed cleaned this was naturally changed to a anti-static type sleeve.
Highly recommended - I didn`t talk about the tracks individually because I don`t normally in my reviews BUT I WILL mention the Kate Bush cover. As some of you know "This Woman`s Work" was written by Kate Bush (88") is about unexpected and frightening crisis during the normal event of childbirth & Maxwell pulls this song off to perfection due to his falsetto voice - this track IS a thing of beauty.
Music:5.0
Mastering:5.0
Pressing:4.5
Cover & inner sleeve:4.5
Vinyl front-end used for this review:
Rega P3:RB880 tonearm,Denon DL160
Phono Stage:Whest Audio TWO.2 phono stage. -
Masterpiece! Excelente relanzamiento, el color del vinilo es embriagante y suena bien, han hecho una buena masterización, los bajos tienen una presencia enorme y el ambiente sonoro es extraordinario. Esta edición le hace verdadera justicia a la música de Maxwell. Aplausos 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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Not a big fan of colored pressings but this one is stunning. Silent, zero sibilances, great bass and dynamics, clear voice... It says on the booklet that it was remastered and it really pays off. Maxwell's been doing a great job on bringing his masterpieces up to a new level.
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